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...love story between two dynamic people. Obvious padding not permitted, LOVE SCENES: within first 50 pages; we want to see foreplay, during play and afterplay. Euphemisms essential below the waist. Rape not recommended. Should it occur, it must move the story forward. POSSIBLE PROFESSIONS: disc jockey, bartender, scientist, securities broker, tennis - instructor...
...native of Norway, Bjorn-Larsen is a born tinkerer. While doing graduate work in bacteriology and biochemistry at Berkeley and U.S.C., he relished playing Louis Pasteur with his potions and Petri dishes. But, for financial reasons, he never finished his doctorate and eventually became an insurance broker. On the evening of April 27, 1963, Bjorn-Larsen was in bed with an aching back when he began thinking about his wife's pet peeve: girdle garters that put holes in her stockings and made them run. Recalls Bjorn-Larsen: "I knew there had to be a better way to attach...
After a change of director and two postponed openings, other edgy words surfaced-this time between first-time Producer Jerry Sherlock, an ex-fabric broker from Seventh Avenue, Playwright Edward Albee and Star Donald Sutherland, who was making his first stage appearance in 17 years. Sherlock almost ran short on his $700,000 budget, and the day before the opening Sutherland found that his paycheck had bounced, an error that has since been rectified. Says Albee: "One thing about Sherlock, he may not know anything about producing for the theater, but he certainly knows how to cut corners...
...left Wall Street slightly dazed. Within minutes, the new stock leaped from its offering price of $35 a share to $89. As thousands of buyers bid for a piece of the action, brokerage houses had to resort to strict rationing. When a Beverly Hills matron demanded 100 shares, her broker apologetically explained that he could give her only...
...that the people of El Salvador should decide for themselves. I think the guiding principle should be the self-determination of the El Salvadorean people and the non-intervention of the great powers. It doesn't mean that you can not negotiate or try to appear as a friendly broker. But this is a local revolution that was born in El Salvador and will be solved in El Salvador." He pauses, his hands momentarily calmed from their expansive gesticulations...